ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,444, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TelosAir Corp. (Potsdam, N.Y.).

"Electrostatic precipitation-based sampler for bioaerosol monitoring" was invented by Suresh Dhaniyala (Potsdam, N.Y.), Shantanu Sur (Potsdam, N.Y.), Adam Chrzan (Potsdam, N.Y.) and Hema Priyamvada Ravindran (Potsdam, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact, portable, low-cost electrostatic bioaerosol sampler device is provided for collection of aerosolized biological and non-biological particles. The device may be used for long-term, large-scale deployment. With a low-pressure design, the device can sample a high flowrate of 10 lit/min with a low-power fan...